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COP CLAIMS MURDAUGH SAID: 'I DID HIM SO BAD'
In his second interview with cops on June 10, 2021 - three days after the killings - Murdaugh was asked about the 'traumatic picture' he encountered on finding Maggie and Paul.
Jurors on Monday were played the audio in which Murdaugh can be heard saying: 'It's just so bad, I did him so bad'.
Prosecutor Waters paused the video to ask special agent Jeff Croft to clarify what Murdaugh said. Croft repeated: 'It's just so bad, I did him so bad.'
But Murdaugh shook his head defiantly in court as he reacted to Croft's interpretation of the audio and appeared to tell his lawyers: 'I did not say that.'
However, his legal team did not object and the recording continued to play.
Detectives at the time did not seize on the alleged admission as Murdaugh continued to tell them of Paul: 'He was such a good boy too'.
MURDAUGH TELLS COPS ABOUT BOAT ACCIDENT
Murdaugh told 911 about Paul's boat accident claiming that his son had 'been threatened for months.'
The first cop to arrive said Murdaugh 'immediately started telling' him about the February 2019 accident that left 19-year-old Mallory Beach dead.
'I know that's what this is,' he said.
At the time of Paul's death, the 22-year-old was facing trial for driving under the influence in the boat crash.
The defense theory is that somebody killed Maggie and Paul Murdaugh as revenge for the accident.
Prosecutors claim Murdaugh deliberately made the comments to divert suspicion away from himself.
MURDAUGH DID NOT CRY
The first responders so far have all agreed that Murdaugh was not crying.
Although he appeared and sounded upset, police officers and firemen have stated that there were no tears in the attorney's eyes.
Murdaugh's demeanor will play a central role in the case. Prosecutor Creighton Waters told jurors on the opening day to watch the body worn footage 'closely.'
'Watch those closely. Watch his expressions. Listen to what he's saying and what he's not saying,' Waters said.
Murdaugh sounded lucid throughout his dealings with officers that night, even greeting one by saying: 'How ya doin?'
The defense has argued that Murdaugh was distraught after the killings and had just hours before been having a 'bonding experience' with his son as captured in a Snapchat video taken by Paul with his father.
NO VISIBLE BLOOD ON MURDAUGH - BUT T-SHIRT REVEALS TRACES
Murdaugh had no visible blood on his white t-shirt, first responders have told the court.
Police described seeing pools of blood under the bodies of Maggie and Paul.
His defense attorney, Dick Harpootlian, described to jurors how Paul's head 'literally exploded ... like a watermelon.'
Murdaugh earlier told 911 he had checked his wife and son's pulses - but when cops arrived they saw no blood on him.
Jurors heard Friday from Detective Laura Rutland who said Murdaugh was 'clean' from head to toe. Rutland added that it looked like Murdaugh had changed following the murders, noting that she found it odd the defendant was sweating but his clothes were 'dry.'
Later, forensic expert Melinda Worley said Murdaugh's white t-shirt and khaki shorts reacted positive to a test for blood.
However, she admitted that the test can also be triggered by bleach and rust.
GRUESOME GUN WOUNDS OF MAGGIE AND PAUL
Horrifying body cam footage of the 'butchered' bodies of Maggie and Paul has been played to jurors.
The 12 men and women have covered their mouths at times while Murdaugh has hunched forward to weep.
Fire chief Barry McRoy told the court that when he arrived Paul's 'brains were down by his ankles' and that he checked neither victim because 'both had injuries that were incompatible with life.'
The defense argue that given the brutality of these execution-style killings, it is simply 'not believable' that Murdaugh - a 'loving' husband and father - could have carried them out.
DEFENSE SUGGESTS TWO SHOOTERS KILLED MAGGIE AND PAUL
Harpootlian claimed on Monday that 'one reasonable explanation' for the distance between the shots that killed Paul and Maggie was that there were two shooters.
'There are two people there, there are two guns there, one's a shotgun, one's an AR,' he told the court.
Harpootlian suggested that Paul could have been shot by one perpetrator, while another who was acting as 'the lookout' was
